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Advanced German: Language, culture and history
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Advanced German: Language, culture and history

...Mode [nahmen zu], und so wurden die typischen Merkmale vieler Trachten immer mehr verwischt, bis sie schließlich ganz verschwanden. Das alles vollzog sich natürlich nicht schlagartig, [sondern hing von den jeweiligen Gebieten, in denen Trachten getragen wurden, und deren Traditionsbewußtsein ab]. Die traditionelle Tacht der Insel Föhr Trachten aus dem Spreewald, die...
Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction
History & The Arts

Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction

...et al. (eds) (2020) The Routledge Companion to Crime Fiction, Abingdon: Routledge. Maurizo Ascari (2007) A Counter-history of Crime Fiction: Supernatural, Gothic, Sensational, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Richard Bradford (2015) Crime Fiction: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Stephen Knight (2004) Crime Fiction, 1800–2000: Detection,...
The power of infographics in research dissemination
Education & Development

The power of infographics in research dissemination

...et al., pp. 242–61) of Data + Design. These chapters can be found in the ‘Visualising data’ section of the book. As you read, note: some of the ways in which an infographic can be made more impactful common errors to watch out for when consuming and preparing infographics and data visualisations. In the next activity you’ll draw on your reading of Data + Design to...
Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes
History & The Arts

Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes

...et al., 2012). Some scholars claim that religion is becoming more private or privatised as a result of our consumer society, in which the individual practitioner is encouraged to customise their spiritual experience by picking and mixing elements that make sense to them, rather than follow a religious path or belong to one religious community. So, what kind of religious...
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History & The Arts

A freelance career in the creative arts

...et al., 2010). BA Decorative Art graduate – freelance glassmaker, button maker, gallery employee and trainer ‘I started off by working in a gallery. […] The staff were wonderful and I started teaching there; that was a big break. […] Now I work in a gallery one day a week, I work as an invigilator (which is quite a menial job but it gives me a chance to think), I...
Introduction to complex analysis
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to complex analysis

...le Rond d’Alembert (1717–1783), who is perhaps best remembered for his work in classical mechanics. Indeed, the Cauchy–Riemann equations were written down by d’Alembert in an essay on fluid dynamics in 1752 to describe the velocity components of a two-dimensional irrotational fluid flow. [Described image] Jean le Rond d’Alembert (1717–1783) The...
Climate change
Nature & Environment

Climate change

...et al., 2001): We should recall that the IPCC was under considerable pressure in 1990 to make a statement attributing observed climate changes to human influence 'because if they don't, someone else will' (and indeed, did). The IPCC is a cautious body, and if the evidence is not available in the peer-reviewed literature to support a statement, it will not make it, no...
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Empires: power, resistance, legacies
History & The Arts

Empires: power, resistance, legacies

...et opinions de Jules Ferry. Discours sur la politique extériure et coloniale, (1893–1898), p. 210–12 ‘[T]he superior races have a right vis-à-vis the inferior races [...] I repeat that the superior races have a right, because they have a duty towards them. They have the duty to civilise the inferior races [...] Can you deny, can anyone deny, that there is more...